About the Teacher
International Director: USA, Japan, Singapore
Matthew Plewes, 8th Rank/Degree, 45 year martial artist. Matt studied Seikukan Karate-do, under Terumasa Ogawa from 1976-1981 and Shaolin Wu Xing (5-Animal) Kung Fu, achieving Full Instructor status by Samuel Cheeks from 1984-1999.
Matt is a Two time Hall of Fame Inductee.
2010 IIMAA HALL OF FAME-Grandmaster of the year 2010 (グランドマスター-国際的な殿堂)and/とTHE ULTIMATE WARRIORS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2022.
Matt has trained and taught in America 25 years and Japan 22 years. Matt trained with and taught police and active military at his school in Suffolk, Va. in the 1990’s before moving to Japan. Our Short Programs were designed based on these professional training experiences receiving real world application feedback.
Matt also studied Chi and Chin’na and Yang Style Tai Chi and Qigong under Li Sun, a member of The Shanghai Taichi quan Association.
Matthew and his Japan school was Featured on TV in Japan.
Matthew has also done promotional commercials for TV in Japan for martial arts movies. Matt teaches full time at various locations in Shizuoka, Japan.
Matt had been referred to as a “Big Fish, in a small pond” meaning he is highly skilled, but in the tradition of his teachers, keeping smaller clubs with high quality students, rather than trying to over commercialize with less talented students. This also keeps the programs pure and not watered-down by “partially” trained students moving on..
Matthew founded ICMAIA (International Combat Martial Arts Instructor Association) A moderate sized association for Chuntian related program instructors to help regulate the programs and to have a share and communication portal.
As of March 2022, Matthew Plewes was inducted into the 2022 Ultimate Warriors Hall of Fame by the living martial arts legend Ron “The Black Dragon” Van Clief.
Matt is also available for seminars in America and Singapore in support of his instructors
CELEBRATING 45 YEARS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHER!
先生は国際的な武道家の殿堂に選ばれました。 これは、伝説と武道のトップリーダーによって投票された世界で最高のものだけに高い名誉です！
Master Plewes pictured with the legendary Black Dragon, who is pictured with his friend the legendary DRAGON aka. Bruce Lee!
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